In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of
the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages …

The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by
myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and …

This paper examines Gotlandic picture stones and their relation to death rituals in
Scandinavia from AD 400 to 1100. The stones are shown to mediate, as 'doors', between the …

This paper offers a synthesis of a large body of recent research into the Old Norse religion
which has been conducted as part of the multidisciplinary research project Väger till Midgård …

Houses with a stone foundation represent a new type of building on Gotland in the middle of
the Roman Iron Age. At the same time there are other changes, for instance the number of …

Degree: Fil. Dr. DegreeYear: 1997 Institute: Lunds Universitet (Sweden) Publisher: Alqvist
Wikell International, Box 4267, S-116 91 Stockholm, Sweden. The subject of this thesis is …

Introduction is thesis deals with early Christian grave monuments, the earliest examples of
churchyard memorials known in south central Sweden. An important premise of the study is …

This dissertation focuses on the medieval nobility and its manors in the inland of Småland.
The problems tackled in the dissertation may be divided into two major complexes. One …

It is generally considered that cairns and stone constructions of different shapes and sizes
make up the grave monuments of the Late Bronze Age (1000–300 BC) in the province of …

The prehistory of Sweden is discussed within the frame of interpretative archaeology. Key
themes are, among others, the earliest occupation, the establishment of agriculture and the …